Skylight



J. 0. RYAN.

(No Model.)

SKYLIGHT.

Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

IIVVE/VTOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN 0. RYAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SKYLIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,558, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed June 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 0. RYAN, of Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skylight-Bars; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which for'm a part of this specifica tion.

My invention consists in the combinations of devicis and appliances hereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a sid elevation.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved skylight bar whereupon the glass may be readily secured, and, if necessary, replaced, which shall be adapted also to prevent any dripping of moisture that may gather upon the glass descending into the rooms beneath. I accomplish this object as follows:

In the drawings, A represents the central rib or bar of metal.

B and 13 represent the troughs, preferably constructed of a single piece of sheet .metal, compressed so as to fit over. the upper edge of the rib and down upon each side thereof a suitable distance, and then bent into a suitable shape for atrough, the outer edges turned so as to form upwardly-extending flanges,b and b. The bottoms of the troughs are perforated.

G is the lower channel, preferably constructed of a single sheet of metal extending over the lower edge of the central rib, the edges extended upward and secured to the flanges of the troughs by being hooked longitudinally over the edges of said flanges, or in any other suitable manner.

. D'represents a series of supports, preferably constructed of rubber or other elastic and suitable material. These supports may be of any suitable number, and may be loosely or rigidly located in the troughs on both sides of the central rib, and are intended to receive the edges of theglass, dispensing with the ordinary process of puttying the glass upon the skylight-bar.

E is the glass.

F is the cover, adapted to be secured in place by flexible strips a, of any suitable number, secured upon the central rib.

It is evident that when the glass is thus located in position and the cover is secured inoff from the flanges of the trough, so as to more effectually prevent the moisture from dripping down beneath the skylight. The supports may or may not have extensions (2 to. prevent the edges of the glassfrom coming in contact with the metal.

It will be seen that a skylight-bar thus constructed will afford a perfectly water-tight support for the glass, while at the same time it is very simple, and the glass may be very readily secured thereon. Should a pane of glass be broken, there is no necessity of first clearing oil the hard putty and securing another pane in place by the application of putty.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a skylight-bar V-shaped in cross-section, with transverse grooves in the upper edges of the ledges on which the glasses rest, the ledges being formed with longitudinal guttered tiepressions located within the -V-shaped bar,

and having perforations to permit the water to pass under the glasses into the bar, the

joints at the edges of the glasses being covered Such, therefore, I do not by a cap -p'late. claim.

What I claim is- In a skylight-bar, the combination, with the central rib, of a sheet of metal bent over the upper edge of the bar and shaped into a perforated trough on each side of the rib, a lower channel bent over the lower edge of the central rib, and secured at its edges to said trough, and, in addition thereto, supports located in said troughs and a suitable cover, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

, v JOHN 0. RYAN.

W'itnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, W. F. FORD. 

